An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 2.5 × 106 V. (a) What is the relativistic kinetic energy of the electron? (b) What is the speed of the electron? (c) What is the total relativistic energy of the electron? Given that the magnitude of the charge of the electron is 1.602 × 10-¹⁹ C and the mass of the electron is 9.11 × 10-³¹ kg.

An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 2.5 × 106 V. (a) What is the relativistic kinetic energy of the electron? (b) What is the speed of the electron? (c) What is the total relativistic energy of the electron? Given that the magnitude of the charge of the electron is 1.602 × 10-¹⁹ C and the mass of the electron is 9.11 × 10-³¹ kg.

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Chapter9: Relativity

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